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!i 1.:.-", :. IMPERIAL, PARLIAAMN't ROUSE OF PEERS,. , TUESDAY' .FEBRUARY 27. , The LORD cLINNCELLOR, after 'some observations -,from,LurilltedeiJace, affirmed, with t 001. costs, the. Judgchent of tplie Court belovvcin the Appeal Carney 'v. Bees - eley. ' Mr. Rosa -and. others brought up the' Distillery Bill_frOrn'the House of* Commons, which was read afirst time, and 'on the motion of Lord Bathurst; ordered_to be read a second time on Thursday next. Lord MorRA presentedYptitions from the Debtors confined in his Majesty's jails of Wincht4ter and Exeter-, praying for -relief.;—Ordered to he 9n the table, ' Loyd LIVERPOOL moved that a inessage be seiit to.the-House of Commonii,. requestifig' a copy , c:f the repoit made by a Committee of that House, en the plan for the improvements of streets rind " places W, stminister.—Ordered. Loid'SinmouTn, adveiting to-a motion which he had submitted to their Lordships last Seslion, fur a - return .rif the tiumber l of Licenses granted to Di, sen‘ing Clergymen, - wished for;her to mute, tt,ai in • such returns it he mentioned in what diocese, and by what Magistrates 'they ,had been granted. His . Lordship-thought ft proper to-observe, that in mak ing these motions,,-he had no object in view that could be supposed to originate in a spirit of intole , ranee.-L-Orttered., Lord SJDAI6UTiI alSo adverted to the subject un-, • der .discusilon last night.: He still continued or oisiiiiori that ttitir. Lordships should not have pro ,cetkled_to the second reading of the Reversion . Bin, wirbout having received some communication from his Majesty-._.Under that persuagion he should - ..r.leari it his duty ro,move for a Committee, such as - te had alluded to . lasi night,-to search tor precedents, its cases where Bills came before the lieuse, which - tended to- affect the proprietary tight, or the prero- . gatkie Of the CrO-wn.---Adjourned. hOUSE OF COMMO.NS, TUESDAY, FEB. Q 7. . . -The SPEAKER took the Chair at three o'clock to ballot; for a Committee to try the merits of a Peti tion complaining of an undue return for the City of Gl4sgOw. - The following were the names on the Committee : . Henry Swan , ' Sir John Orde . Peter Win. 13aker Sir Mark Wood Edward Berkeley Portman *Win. Elliot Lockart, Anthony Liiirdolph Byre , Sir Robert Steel ' Sir Thomas B e Thompson (Duncan Campbell Lord guernsey I. Robert Williams (Kilkenny) Sir , James Stuart I Thomas Creeyey. .. , The, Twelfth Report of- the' . Commissioners of Military Inquiry was presented and - laid on the table. IRISH ROIVIAN CATHOLICS. .Mr. GRATTAN rose td present, a Petition, signed, tis he.stated e by divers Roman Catholics, of Ireland. The-prayer ot . their -Petition went to obtain those tonstitutiryial privileges,. which as subjects of the realm, they C.msidere.d theriaseiVesein eornmon with their Protesmnt -brethren, entitled to, ..and they came, in 'his opinion, - for a legitimate object, through "the legal constitthional organ—Lthe lature. When, he, originallY presented a Petition, similar in` its ob3e&, from the ditfereut counties hi' Ireland, — he. had stated that the Rtiman Catholics • • were wiliing - to ,concede, the poißt, viz. the Elec. tion - of theh . 'Bishops, and for this purpose ,would, - give to the Crown a Veto. the present occa ,sorry he was 10_54, that he could not atlirni • such to be the present sentiments of the respect able ' body on whose behalf. he, applied. Whether_ he .(Mr.' Grattan):' had tuisipform,ed the with . respell ikit concession, or that the Roman Ca tholics retracted, teas a question which he would .:,abstain from discussing : Much rather would he be 'stippcsSed guilty of mistake than that they had 're traaed any concession. It was his fixed. principle never•tO defend liiinstif at the expence of his cowl ' , With respect to the Petition, he must main _ lap the principle that it is absolutely necessary for 'the security of thee realms that prkcaution should betaken, lest the nottlioation of Catholic -13shoPs should be vested in a 'foreign ',Power. The Pepe, trtm the present circurrstanees .of the -Continent, was likely to remain a.Frettch suhjea. It was most probable that Ire -would not suffer a French citizen 1-tonntnate ahe . liead _of the religiOn. It tea.: abso lutely neci!sSary for aLe success of thee Cathe-lie "'cc-use, that the; pernination of the„ Catholic Bishops should =totem:at:ate from a foreign Power. It w.is onpos , ih:e be should . ' communicate 'the rrivileges of the Constitution; acid rest at 'the saute time under the' influence of the 11:elich. 11 was necessary fur their ,interests, and petfeetly concedent with their principles, to protest against the nomination of any forei2n. - Pow er. It" Was absolutely incumbent on them to eo,tue t 7 some declaration on the subjea, so as they might enjoy those -privileges to which they wt re entitled, and whichs aiTeCted the public security. He should name seine day for cus:ine the hid) jeq • matter of the Petition. In the shotild rest are argument on-these two principles—the.' no religious principles im- , posed a disability - , upon the subjea, and that no for,rign - nerninativin lutertere wall the loyalty • of the Catholics. For the piesent he should depre..- : . cafe any further cois•versatton. The question at issue / was bAs.vten the Protestant an.6l-the Catholic 1' her in a protracted tnotriage they should hear with one anbtlier's and by 'concession • 'give"! he begvassuratice of loirmony. '.The CJIAr.k:CELLOR- of the EICCIJE'CLUFR Was not disposed, as,t he Itight Hun. Gentlermili had depee 7 catezi discutsion, to prolong it. , He ti 1101.1 1 , 1. merely . _make an obsei vat ion er two on wla it ,had - filien frolic Whatever opposition he (Mr. Percesal) had . goo.; en floater occasion, he found he was hilly - justified iii g.ving, fr 11.1 what the Right Hon: aleman had stated. , if the luinier Petition had•been. granted on for terms desired, Which terms flat Right Hon. - Geotienlan adn.itted were inconsistent 'with fhe securiv e ut the couritiy, thosx.l terms- were ,now denied in whatever they might be in pri vate.., :It .was then staled , that the . 'Veto -would be .gratard'unetntittiooa.iiy. It now aPpearei.perlealy clear, th.it "whatever differences of opiniott might ir . ep e exis ed, it touid not" no/Li, with 13roprietY or fairness be chi,iged against hint (Mr. P. rce al) that - • obit:U . loos arese 1. mu any plincipter: intoler , , Le o; won ato wil.t.t tilt Right Heil. Gen- THE SU N. • sol,Lat guts DICAR r it FALSUM r.t.TDEAT L 0 ND 0 A', R'EDNESD.IY, .VELIALTAII,Y C, 1 8 10. .Dispatches were this morning, received. at the-Att. - miralty from Admiral Puayls, dated Cadiz, the 12th- just. They state, that the French had ad- .vanced into the vicinity of Cadiz, but that they .had not been Able to•rnake any impJession upqn that City or the 'lsle of Leon, 4f...cause they had beet effectually prevented, by' the Briiisli 'anci Spaid 1i Squadrons, from throwing up any batteries. Government have also ails morning reccired ac. ontits from Lisbon 6f very great importance. The Vrenchas w•e stated some days ago, bad marched -a considerable cDrp.s.lto the froutiera, of Portugal.. Lord WI3I.IINGTON . bas advanced ; wish hi , s usual rapidity, io meet them, and when, the dispatches tame away, the account of a battle was _hourly expected in Lisbon. •••, . . r . • Tills morning German Papers to the 27th at, .reachedlown. We mast not expect from journals so completely under the piatrou'l ()film French, any Very authentic, in(l?rmation, particularly on subjects that may be supposed to be' disagteeable to BiroNA rAttT4. It is easy, however, to discover, from these Papers, that though Germany has at this moment the appearance of tranquility, it is still in such State as . to give IS9ONAPAItT6 considerable uneasi ness, and to excite his strongest apprehensions. We stated some time agO our 'firm conviC - tion that, notwithstanding . the_ peace between Austria and France, and tilt boasts in the French Papers of the devotion of the Princes of the, Confede7 ration of the Ilhine to 131.10;:iAPARTE, he' would be undef th 9 necessity of leaving a very large proportion of his military force in Germany. The • event leas justified our opinion many of the troops that were ordered to march out of the Syuth orGer- . many have recelve4 counter order, particularly OUDINOT'S COrpS,,N:vilieh had 'begun its march.f6t Hanovi-r. The French .army,„in Germany- is now estimated at- above ipo,ooo men, and , rinnours are already in Circ,ulation respeEting the - probable re'. Deo!. of hostilities on the 'Col:I - neut. ,These Pa-,. pars, also i:enture - to spzak of the probabability of rupture„between Russia and - Frande., We are not much disposed to give credit to their speculatiogi on that point, but tliFy are important, . because they skew the impatience with which the people of Germany submit- to the French yoke, and the eager ness with which- they look to the commencement of any neW- war which may afford them at least a chance of 'regaining their independence. Nothing decisive is yet known respeaiog Buo- NApmires marriage, but the Ilamburgli Correspond enten has, in a deuti-official article, cOntradided the repoit of his marriage with the Princess of Saxony.' This morning we received Portuguese . Papers to the , 18th inst. The - intelligence they bring is of very little importance, as they contain no accounts what ever from Spain. There are indeed reports, but there is no authentic information,- nor indeed j a: single ;:trticle dated from any :Oilers in Spain. It is 'singular that no Spanish Papers, have arriVed by this . Mail. .% , Tire Nektune sloop,o war, which arrived at Li- , verpoul on Monday last, , spoke in her passage %vial a ship from Surinam, by which she 1e:144 that the, Expedi,tiop agaihst Guad4loupe had - sailed on the 2 1 St from Martiniqu2. Mt. VU.L4Eits has arrived in , ngland from Lisbon.% The Persian sloop, which left Lord COLLING. WOOD -on he cruizing off the SpaniskCoast, brings intelligence that the Toulon fleet was 'out, and his Lordship was in expectation of meetig with • it. ' We are sorry to be under the necessity of report- Ing a circums.tanee which, we under Stand, occurred, last night.in the:House Of COlurnons, because it re, -late's to. a,Gentlemau who is' distinguished for the: honest bluntness of his charaeter, his fervid loyalty, and steady attachment to the Constitution. This., Gentleman, who is a County Member, having, as it is supposed„ been ton aetively engaged in a con, Nivial meeting. before .'he came to the House, soon after he arrived there, put several questions to4he Earl of CuATHA r,t,w hile Lordship: was under examin a: flop upon the subjea of the. Walcheren Expedition. The manner in which these questions. were proposed, * and the nature-of them, prevented them from Mak ing much impression upon. the Earl or the House;, and the Gentleman, mortified at' tile- inattention which lte experienced, expressed Isiniself in. terms little suited to, the dignity and decorum of the place. His words were taken. down, and he was ordered to v ithdraW„ . but.ir Was with some difficulty that his friends could induCe lihn to comply It waS,after 'wards moved, that he should be'titken into the cus tody of the Serjeant at Arms, with the unanimous assent of the House. When ,this circumstance was , • corrix - nanicated to the-G,entleenan, who ,was in the l e ohby,,hp rushed again into the House, violently declaring • that nobody had anthoity to treat him - So upon such au, occasion,- and not without a 'great struggle that the 'Set:leant and four assistants could remove and take him ieto custody. - The a - cciclental majorities which the, Oppositioa have had two or three raised the spirits of the party, and their friends , talk without reserve of 'driving the Ministers flint] their places,. But as we wish to save even . our opponents tkotn'the morti- . fication-of a disappointment, We would advise them: ..rwt to be too sanguine in theirexpeCtations upon this subject. Where can be no doubt not only that Ministers do possess the Confidence, of Pai;ament, but that the,Opposition are themselves convinced of it i if they were nat, they would before this time have taken a step which would have ascertained the faa beyond the possibility of ,a doubt—they - would have proposed an AddreSs to his MAJESTY t 9, re ',move his , .Miaisters. Mr. PERPEITTIL expressed, h few nights 1go, ; his readiness to meet a [notion of that kind • but his Ohallettge,wainot, and 'we ven-. • tune to - predia that' it Will not, be accepted. Yesterday Mr. GRATTAN presented the Petition of the'lrish Roman Catholics, htit at the same time ,he candidly admitted the necessty of taking especial care that the nomination of the Catholl'; Bishopi should not he vested in a foreign Power. The Pe tition was ordered to lie on the table. FNS MAJESTY will hold a Chapter of the Most 'NOble Order of Garter, on Saturday, at Wind sOr supposed to be for the purpose of investing the IWarquis WELLESLEY With the viicant.red ribbon. Monday morning early, Mr. PERCEVAL arrived. at Windsor, and had a private audienCe of his MA . JESTY, and continued closeted with his MAJESTY upwards of an hour. His MAJESTY rode`ori horehack; in Windsor Pahl, on Monday, .accompanied by the Duke of. Princeiseg AUGUSTA,'and.SOPHIA, at tended by Lady THYNNE,Getie'ralS MANNERS, Day its,f, and DUN, Count MUNSTER, and Colonel 'TAY t;OI. Yesterday the Commander in Chief, Sir DAVID Du DAs, 'hell a Military . Levee, athis - Office at the Horse Guards, tt ikich was nnnierous,ly attended by General Officers, &c. GEC ALiN PAPERS. BXNKS or- THE &88, JAN. 26.—^NO1Wittlitat36... ing the thaw which has' been lor,--sotne days Pas t7 ' the ice still remains in the River ..Elbe, and the Po' sage is extremely dangerous ; consequently tile- ar rival and departureof the pests is delayed.. it • The rumour of NAEOLEOWS intended marriage ", t , •aSaxon , Princess is now contradiaed, an indite °ifi .way, in the iiamburgh Correspondent, -0 other German Newspapers. • The corps Of OUISINOT, which was 10 ha t 5 pied the territories of Hanover and Hamburgh , '". received cunzary orders, and- is to remain fo' present in the South of Germany. - o f The French fuzce remaining , in the territorles the Confederation of •the'Rhine, and in other CO1.11; q a t u n e o re a d n t G t o e r i m n o a r n e c t o l u ia n n tri l e o s o , ,• ny o co ot _ t :t en d rise to a variety of conjeClures.' A number of Persons assert, that in less tbit' twelvemonth war. bleak but tlstvveen and i - Wssia„ an account of the disposition of th e 13t ter Power towards the Poles inthe Duchy 'of V•t saw. Many well. informed persons seciu to g ivs .credit to this conjoaure., ' . •Xlie i projeaed union of the unalignate d Part °I-, the Fleamate of Hanover; strikes the inhab itants that loyal' and affectionate country with terror aßt't dismay, Must of there; would prefer undergoit'g en times. the cruel hardships they have hitherto 0' dergone, provided they could remain under the G oo vernment of their universally beloved and adored S" vereign, GEOII.GE .• • The prices' of colonial products continue to ri g° in Sweden, Harnburgh, and all t . h. , ..North_of Germany, in proport i o n as the opinion a rupture between' Great Britain and A.mencagaillS more grOund. • . • The Danes haVe this. last season gained vast 0 014 by the trey importation of America(' prodats into their ports,' and, the speculations formed, bet merit n them q dthe Russians on one part, a nd the . Anvil' cans on .theother„for the next year are such the markets of 'the Continent will be so overstopicect -with Ame'rtean coffee, sugar,, indigo', Stc. that it wilt scarce be possible to dispose pf whole quin t "' in soave years. e rfect INsmucit, a.—Though the most p tranquility prevails in Tyrol ,- the direct "course .0f posts between Germany and lialY by Inspruc k noit Yet mune:Li:out 1141 cosurnunications..bevsee3 these countries goes'.over Zurich but'there, , reason to hope that the General Post Office at 1‘. ,11 !' lan, yielding to the wishes- of the merchant's; will soon relestahlish the course coue pf impruck.•!---( CoP, spOlicie fit .). . . • . . , , .„. . - SAK,C"I7I, SAN.lBl.—The last " letters fro I' r 5,.... den speak of the approaching departure o f the Pri r ' ,, ,, cess of S'A X 9 IS 7 for Paris. people conned this-i°tl ney p r N i V v i a tl t l e a le v t e te ry is i f n r ip ill orta:t de.sijn. ~....---.............----- c o e u i t v.e C d a a ta c lO o n p i; t a resist state, -that the utmost atvertions are Making th ug re l : of an official report from bY which it appear's That the• Spaniard-itilla4:l:,l3l3rtei-lyl made some ;Very successful stands in the= v`cilit to. of Barceloha. This tep(trt, it appears, was ' - ',., 1) ,0, the General comthauding the troops at ETor 3 g7, a o 1-hpeaeinnebt:ith; eailiads,t:on;ea t ri e icor , a • -.town on the, Lohrel , L...vt, distam only thre o i c ' 6 fronp, - Bat'clona ; it is as .follows :....- - a 113 5 The , Division of Brigadier ctint?o Vs"-Geit. gained, Wit - ,1! the assistanceof that of Brigadier' : t he Doti A,)r . roNtlo l'oa'n*,, a 'complete v ictory ov er vii 'ic ik eperny, as appeatl ft , Oin the follow ing P I P ors 1 he sent me yt ster.day :.-- ; • • , Eyon f . ExcEl,.. LEtil' Sift--.A . greeable‘ to the o ruero 0- -; . 104 Excellency to pack the 'enemy; I this 113° 1 1) 11 .4t commenced Ir P at Satiteri.e!ua, gaining oIY ° o fr st , so for, that out 'of 400 men who occupied 't hat P itin , only two remained, the ternaintr.erl3(,:i!)g. eit h r:, a c• ed, wounded; or mode prisoners.' • .11,14 35 ti % e cl, lion had tettnina;ed, the' division of Po.BTA arrived, which,• on account of the distance; could not C ° o up sooner ; and both of us agreeing-on our plan , a d attacked the troops at Motet, to the left, and I that of the right, the-happY °sus, of which was the complete defeat iif 11 ' . ' er i l i i ; .' t who sated only. between 2'and 300 then, llaVing l o ' t 41 killed.., wounded, and, priioners, to Ill° l ' unl i ; e o of goo Men,. two pieces of cannon,, some CartS/..„,' 0 11 g Ex 1 1 1 % e l Sl o othern , a Colonelpri s oners, P03T,1 tAing t 4 l'''', pair of colours, and a quantity of boo!oge. the Among t i he . prisoners is the General Cominavdant of ii Excelleacy. ofl have tle tletellilrraosn'ojeurrslitowsrn4 7:1.1:t, The mo,nent the diffcrent Chiefs Send me 311 , - ,,i count of sour - loss, as well as of the thfrerent it3`..7"aji duals who have .!istniguished- themselves, I .))...,., transmit it to your Excellency, for his. I.ll,lj6stsr'r in transmit Semanat, fun. 2 1 • ,MlaBrqwuis CAmpo Vzopg, The 3d battalion - of thßoyals, underthec'ollis, wand - of 11 , 1ajor HILL, hai ntlrched mu , .th, in order to embark for , P o rtagal.--f il ! t bo battalion of the 9th, and the 2,d battalion"teL ' 67th, are also expeded there in a few da y s ,i° b.ikk on Me same setyiee. The i3th goons still continue to embal - k at the Dock-Par Pat ortsouth.-.-;•Catnp eq ipage for 500 Q £llO l I 5 dered to be shipped with the abpve regiments hi O4 'The Corps of •Royal krlillery Drivers, wch i 4 been for sotie time in the Plymouth 133er4c1{5'lii, under k.lers to embark for Portugal ; the vision .was tO march "on Mobday fur Faltuouth, to e.1 ) 4_21 - I.c on bon' a trapipotfo for CoPY of th e k trmun tx tra4 jest y , Caryl:r:l44 si i • I 11 a J : s tY's arsr 'd fit g am _ 4 7: L ' Llig ktr ch , league; ti orla t the hl b llls O) ./. e 44 wi t4o, 40 0. 1 ta ped trope, P A , 1 85 0 agai„ 4 rtiva , 4 z6, v, t ' i ver t Lat, 1 5 ack ei 1 a )11 4 4v. . th 1101. ha 11 1 , s a i i th eizzi4 tleman had stated with regard to the foreign do riiittion Oyer the Pope, the only difference ‘', , :s tl.e application .of the pvticiples. Mr. GItATTAN, in explanation, stated, that he had never changed his mind with 'respect to the' - claims of the Catholics; When - Mr. Fox -intro duced the Petition; it neva was.cOnctived that'th6st claims were to be admitted, that was a subject for discussion in tlfe Committee. He was 'ready:to agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that if the House had gone rapidly to the vote, he (Mr. G.Y was answerable for deceiving - them; with respett to the KO, circumstances were different. When Mr. Fox presented a Petition, tlien the Pope was, under the influence of England, he was now under the controul of France. If the House lost 'Ole portnnity of settling the question, the Ca.tholit s would lose the opporainity of estAblisinng their treedorn, and , the Ptotz.Nstants would lost their se-' cal' It 7 Mr. iIuTcHINsoN suPported the Petition'.., He suggested to the Right Honourable Gentlemanop posite, that it woo-Id be proper to relied smell on. -the importan'ce of the question, the numbers of the body how petitioning,. and tneleneral interest that - woull accrue to the State, from' attending to. their Petition, for- they sought po • kedvss incoit.va!ible wit it the security of all the eXiAirw , establishinents. .The Petition was then-laid on the table. A Message from the . Lards repested a comma, nicaticin from this House "resoeding the repairs. of Westminster Hall; arri also copies-of the 'Reports of the' Committee, with r'egped to the Naas and Dramiings of improvements that had been referred to the Committee. _ _ 'Some conversation arose between Mr. FasTIS Et, who wished to enter into .an explanation the motives which induced him to-wish to move for a Committee, of the • whole House, to make certain - alterations in the laws of Ireland, - respeaing the Distilleries, and Sir. J. NEWPORT, Mr. PONSONBY; and Mr. WHITBREAD, Who übje&ed to going into the Committee then, as the Inquiry into the Scheldt Expedition was to. come on; It %Vass at length agreed that the business should come 9,11-9. n Thursday. The CHANCELLOR Of: The EXCHEQUER 11.101/0, that the .Report of Army Eslituates sliould be., brought up, with a view that those Resolutions to which there was no obje4tion should' be agreed to,. and that the' rest should be discti,ssed o n Thursday. After some oliserVations from Sir I'.. Mr. FITZGERALD, and Mr. WHITBREAD, who laid in their claims to - objeEt, the Report was brought up, the unobje6lionable Resolution's agreed to, and the further consideration of the Report ordered, for Thursday next. Leave was given to bring in a Bill for,payik - the Army in quarters. - • 0,11 the motion of Igr. CALqRAFT,' a return cif the Artillery and Engineer Staff; with their pay and emoluments, was ordered to be laid before the Howse, ' The other orders were deferred till Thersday. Lon! PORCHESTER moved the House to - go into the Comthittee on the Scheldt Expedition. Mr. F. ROBINSON ' moved that strangers should withdraw, and the Gallery was cleared. • MA,L LS. AI“I.IVED-:•1 Lisbon, I jautaici. Duz .--3gottent.nlT-gb: 2 Watertig